It is becoming increasingly difficult to remain optimistic in this wonderful country of ours. Not only do we have to suffer the consequences of reckless lending on the part of world financial institutions, but we have to bear the cross for some rather questionable events that are taking place within our borders.I am not qualified to make comments or pass judgement on the events surrounding the Jacob Zuma debacle, but a simplistic view would be that, if one is innocent of the crimes one is being accused of, one would want to prove it in a court of law. Apparently not in South Africa. One just meddles with the justice system and gets the case thrown out.
In any event, the foreign press has been rather scathing in its' comments in response to what has transpired in the last week, and if their views of South Africa are anything to go by, the accompanying photograph represents what should be our national costume at Miss Universe.